Students, teachers, and parents demanded more access to mental health services and counseling during last night's town hall meeting

Students, teachers and parents called for an increase in mental health services and more school counselors on Monday night during a discussion of gun violence held in Delray Beach.

Jackie Pinos, an Atlantic Community High School student who said she was diagnosed with a mental illness, demanded better attention and mental health services, stating, I am sick and tired of mental illness being a taboo. People say they care but then they turn their backs on us.”

Students, teachers and parents called for an increase in mental health services and more school counselors on Monday night during a discussion of gun violence held in Delray Beach.

Jackie Pinos, an Atlantic Community High School student who said she was diagnosed with a mental illness, demanded better attention and mental health services, stating, I am sick and tired of mental illness being a taboo. People say they care but then they turn their backs on us.”

Students, teachers and parents called for an increase in mental health services and more school counselors on Monday night during a discussion of gun violence held in Delray Beach.

Jackie Pinos, an Atlantic Community High School student who said she was diagnosed with a mental illness, demanded better attention and mental health services, stating, I am sick and tired of mental illness being a taboo. People say they care but then they turn their backs on us.”